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Six insights to achieve the unexpected

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

Gerard George  and
Adam J. Bock
Gerard George
Affiliation:
Imperial College London
Adam J. Bock
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh
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Models of Opportunity
How Entrepreneurs Design Firms to Achieve the Unexpected
 , pp. 1 - 22
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2012

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